WONG TAI SIN · 100 LOTS
Lot 74朱买臣分妻
下下回忆当年运蹇时
夫妻反目两分离
名题雁塔归来候
覆水马头时否悲
Basic reading
AI-assisted readingThe poem in plain language
The poem recalls a couple separating amid hardship and then depicts a return after public success. It closes with spilled water that cannot simply be gathered again, showing that changed circumstances may not repair an earlier rupture and that achievement can coexist with regret.
The central idea
Separation during hardship is followed by success that cannot undo what happened. Spilled water gives the verse its sense of irreversibility. Changed circumstances need not restore an old relationship, and later achievement cannot settle who deserved to be hurt.
Source and edition
Source of the title, grade and verse: kaucim.ai · 黄大仙百签参考数据集
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朱買臣分妻 · 下下
回憶當年運蹇時
夫妻反目兩分離
名題雁塔歸來候
覆水馬頭時否悲
huangdaxian.kaucim-1.0.0.tianjige-5
Original text checked: 2026-10-02
Commentary version: tianjige-basic-2026-10-03.4
Basic commentary is AI-assisted and has not yet been individually reviewed by a human. It is not an official temple interpretation.